Survivors of human trafficking face many challenges when interacting with the criminal justice system, including misconceptions regarding the nature of their victimization, stigma due to perceived involvement in illegal behavior, and xenophobia. Despite these documented challenges, little is known about how survivors perceive the justice system or
Download →This report builds upon Polaris’s 2017 report, The Typology of Modern Slavery, which analyzed data, gleaned from nearly 10 years of operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline, to show that human trafficking in the United States consists of 25 distinct business models. For each, the Typology report
Download →If you are concerned that a person with disabilities or an older adult may be a victim of financial exploitation, you have several ways to report the harmful behavior and protect the victim. This fact sheet defines financial exploitation, tells you how to report it, and provides
Download →This handbook will help direct child serving professionals and child welfare workers in New York State to adequately respond to the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and child trafficking. This document provides frontline professionals with key tools, resources, strategies, practice pointers, and guidelines to better identify and assist
Download →This handbook, written by the International Organization for Adolescents (IOFA) in Partnership with Loyola Chicago Center for Human Rights in 2011, addresses gaps in services for youth in child welfare in Illinois. This handbook features various screening tools that can be adapted to a variety of existing
Download →This fact sheet provides information on the intersections of labor trafficking and disability and sex trafficking and disability and provides suggestions for identifying signs of human trafficking when working with individuals with disabilities. To download the Fact Sheet, please click the link below: Trafficking & Disability Fact
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